Today’s Headlines
It's Election Day! Turnout so far looks low, so your vote will count for a lot. Here's a voting FAQ from CalMatters
8:31 AM PDT on June 7, 2022
It’s Election Day! Turnout so far looks low, so your vote will count for a lot. Here’s a voting FAQ from CalMatters
- Climate change is an existential threat (IPCC)
- Greenhouse gas emissions can be lowered, here’s a blueprint (Science Daily)
- CARB’s climate plan is weak (LA Times)
- Car tires produce way more particle pollution than modern car exhausts (The Guardian)
- NHTSA asks: should U.S. require speed limiting technology in cars? (Is the Pope Catholic?) (Planetizen)
- Bus drivers have a hard job (Washington Post)
- Caltrans to add bike lanes, improve signals along PCH (OC Register)
- The more e-bikes are seen, the more e-bikes will be ridden (Transfers Magazine)
- That San Francisco taxi may not have a driver (Route Fifty)
- New plans for Valley Link Rail project (GoldRushCam)
- San Diego to get federal grant to replace an old rail bridge (Mass Transit)
- NCTD and Coastal Commission are not working well together on the Del Mar bluffs (RT&S)
- Spain considers a law to define mobility as a right (Eltis)
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